Hull is an important city in the North of England. Often derided as one of the worst places to live in the country it actually has a rich history and that curious mix of ancient and modern you find in so many places these days...

The clocktower of Hoboken Terminal is being slowly rebuilt. The shine of the new copper clad tower stands in contrast to the oxidised green of the old cladding. I look forward to being able to tell if I'm late for my train or not very soon...

The other day I got a phonecall from a friend of mine. I wasn't expecting it. I was even more surprised when she said "Hi Tom we're in India!"

I knew her and her husband (also a good friend of mine as I lived with them both before they were married!) were going on a round the world trip but the most I expected to hear from them was an occasional email, not a phonecall from the subcontinent!

Anyway, they were in a little town on the west coast south of Goa and needed directions. You see, there's a hospitable family who run a guest house there. It's existence is known to handful of people in our old South London friendship circle. A guy we know has been going there on holiday for many years, he helps out the family and also sends business their way in the form of weary travelers from the UK.

It is three years (almost to the day) since my first and only visit to this magnificent part of the world but I remembered exactly where to go. "Follow the road down to the beach and turn right. It's called Nameste Guest House."

Here's the beach itself...

And here's the view over the Hudson River as I walked along it's banks this week.

Where would you rather be?

We had a brief chat and then they hung up. I hope they found it ok. When I arrived in the town in 2004 I started asking around for the owner of the guest house whose name is Krishna. That's like going to a town in England and asking if anyone knows a guy named John. After meeting at least one other Krishna who lived on the shore I did eventually find the place. Take the road to the beach and turn right...

So I bought a bunch of black & white film for myself to shoot some street stuff and in the meanwhile I dug out some negatives from earlier this year that never made it past the processing stage. The two pictures above are from a sunny afternoon bbq-ing in the outer suburbs north of New York City. They might end up as part of a project on Koreans.

About Me

I'm From Bradford, West Yorkshire and am currently based in Singapore, SE Asia.
I've previously lived in South East London and New Jersey, U.S.
I love my wife and our two children.
I miss my friends in England.
I am a photographer.
I also have a website at
www.tomwhitephotography.com